Share-Based Compensation Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation Plans

Share-Based Compensation Plans

We have share-based compensation plans to attract and retain employees and nonemployee directors and to more closely align their interests with those of our shareholders.

We have outstanding share-based awards granted to employees under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2013 Plan") and the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2017 Plan").  These plans permit grants of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance stock, performance units, stock appreciation rights, stock options, as well as other share-based awards to eligible employees.  The 2013 Plan and the 2017 Plan also permit cash awards to eligible employees.  The 2017 Plan became effective May 2017.  No further grants of awards will be made under the 2013 Plan, although awards previously granted remain outstanding.

We also have outstanding deferred stock units granted to directors under the 2017 Plan. Share-based awards were previously granted to directors and remain outstanding under the Non-Employee Director's Equity Plan and the Directors’ Stock Accumulation Plan, which has expired.

There are 5.7 million shares underlying the 2017 Plan that are authorized, but not yet granted.  Outstanding awards at December 31, 2019, include performance share units, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, performance-based stock options, time-based stock options and certain awards that will be settled in cash.

Compensation Expense

Compensation expense is measured using the fair-value-based method. For awards considered equity grants, compensation expense is recognized from the grant date to the earlier of the retirement-eligible date or the vesting date. For awards considered liability awards, compensation cost is based on the change in the fair value of the instrument for each reporting period and the percentage of the requisite service that has been rendered. Compensation cost associated with liability awards was not significant in the last three years.

Compensation expenses are classified as selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

Compensation expenses for the last three years and the amount of unrecognized expense for awards outstanding at December 31, 2019, were as follows:

	Compensation Expense							Unrecognized Expense for Nonvested Awards at		Weighted-average No. of Years Unrecognized Expense to be Recognized
	Years Ended December 31,							Dec 31, 2019
(in millions except years)	2019			2018		2017
Performance Share Units	$	25.8		15.8		9.5		$	16.8	1.5
Market Share Units	—			0.1		0.3		—		—
Restricted Stock Units	6.6			6.6		4.7		3.8		1.4
Deferred Stock Units and fees paid in stock	1.2			1.2		1.0		0.3		0.4
Performance-based Options	8.1			4.5		2.2		2.6		1.1
Time-based vesting Options	1.0			—		—		1.7		1.8
Share-based payment expense	42.7			28.2		17.7
Income tax benefit	(9.2		)	(6.5	)	(3.4	)
Share-based payment expense, net of tax	$	33.5		21.7		14.3

Fair Value of Distributed or Exercised Awards

The fair value of shares distributed or options exercised in the last three years is as follows:

	Fair Value of Shares Distributed or Exercised(a)
	Years Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2019		2018	2017
Performance Share Units	$	28.7	25.3	13.3
Market Share Units	—		8.2	4.3
Restricted Stock Units	11.8		8.0	7.3
Deferred Stock Units and fees paid in stock	0.9		0.7	2.7
Performance-based Options(a)	5.4		—	—
Time-based vesting Options(a)	—		2.2	2.0
Total	$	46.8	44.4	29.6
Income tax benefit realized	$	10.2	9.9	9.2

(a) Intrinsic value for options.

Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

We granted RSUs to select senior executives and employees in the last three years that contain only a service condition.  RSUs are paid out in shares of Brink’s stock when the awards vest.  For RSUs granted during the last three years, the units generally vest ratably in three equal annual installments.  We measure the fair value of RSUs based on the price of Brink’s stock at the grant date, adjusted for a discount for dividends not received or accrued during the vesting period. The weighted-average fair value per share at grant date was $78.28 in 2019, $72.31 in 2018 and $55.85 in 2017.  The weighted-average discount was approximately 2% in 2019, 2% in 2018 and 2% in 2017.

The following table summarizes RSU activity during 2019:

	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2018	235.8		$	52.63
Activity from January 1 to December 31, 2019:
Granted	93.9		78.28
Forfeited	(11.1	)	71.75
Vested	(145.9	)	45.34
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2019(a)	172.7		$	71.87

(a) Certain RSUs were modified in the second quarter of 2019. The weighted-average grant date fair value per share at December 31, 2019 reflects the inclusion of the modified fair value per share for the modified awards.

Performance Share Units (“PSUs”)

We granted Internal Metric PSUs ("IM PSUs") and Total Shareholder Return PSUs ("TSR PSUs") to select senior executives and employees in the last three years.

IM PSUs contain a performance condition as well as a service condition. We measure the fair value of these PSUs based on the price of Brink’s stock at the grant date, adjusted for a discount for dividends not received or accrued during the vesting period. IM PSUs granted in 2019, 2018 and 2017 have a three year performance period.

IM PSUs will be paid out in shares of Brink’s stock when the awards vest. For the IM PSUs granted in 2019, 2018 and 2017, the number of shares paid out ranges from 0% to 200% of an employee’s award, depending on the achievement of pre-established financial goals over the performance period. Shares are not paid out if the financial results do not meet a pre-established threshold level of performance.

TSR PSUs contain a market condition as well as a service condition. We measure the fair value of TSR PSUs at the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation model. TSR PSUs granted have a three year performance period and typically vest at the end of three years. TSR PSUs are paid out in shares of Brink’s stock when the awards vest. The number of shares paid out ranges from 0% to 200% of an employee's award for the 2019 and 2018 TSR PSU grants and from 0% to 150% of an employee’s award for the 2017 TSR PSU grants, depending on Brink's relative TSR rank among a selected peer group.

The following table summarizes all PSU activity during 2019:

	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2018	697.3		$	47.74
Activity from January 1 to December 31, 2019:
Granted	204.6		81.48
Forfeited	(21.6	)	71.70
Vested(a)(b)(c)	(316.1	)	32.35
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2019(c)	564.2		$	70.10

(a) The vested PSUs presented are based on the target amount of the award. In accordance with the terms of the underlying award agreements, the actual shares earned and distributed for the performance period ended December 31, 2018 were 225.9 compared to target shares of 187.0. Additionally, in accordance with the terms of the underlying award agreements, the actual shares earned and distributed for the performance period ended June 30, 2017 were 129.1 compared to target shares of 129.1.

(b) Certain PSUs were modified and distributed in the first quarter of 2019 and the resulting impact was not material. 

(c) Certain PSUs were modified in the second quarter of 2019. A portion of these modified PSUs were distributed in the third quarter of 2019. The weighted-average grant date fair value per share at December 31, 2019 reflects the inclusion of the modified fair value per share for the remaining modified awards.

The following table provides the terms and weighted-average assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation model for the TSR PSUs granted in 2019, 2018 and 2017:

Terms and Assumptions Used to Estimate Grant Date Fair Value	2019 TSR PSUs			2018 TSR PSUs			2017 TSR PSUs
Terms of awards:
Performance period	Jan. 1, 2019 to			Jan. 1, 2018 to			Jan. 1, 2017 to
	Dec. 31, 2021			Dec. 31, 2020			Dec. 31, 2019
Weighted-average assumptions used to estimate fair value:
Expected dividend yield(a)	0.8		%	0.8		%	0.8	%
Expected stock price volatility(b)	30.8		%	29.9		%	30.6	%
Risk-free interest rate(c)	2.5		%	2.4		%	1.4	%
Contractual term in years	2.8			2.9			2.9
Weighted-average fair value estimates at grant date:
In millions	$	3.0		$	3.2		2.0
Fair value per share	$	105.16		$	79.05		67.81

(a) TSR is determined assuming that dividends are reinvested. The stock price projection in the Monte Carlo simulation model assumed a 0% dividend yield, which is mathematically equivalent to reinvesting dividends over the performance period. For the valuation of the TSR PSU, because the holders of the awards have no rights to any dividend paid during the vesting period, we applied a dividend yield in the Monte Carlo simulation model to reduce the projected stock price as of the grant date.

(b) The expected stock price volatility was calculated on the grant date for the most recent term equivalent to the contractual term in years.

(c) The risk-free interest rate on each date of grant is the rate for a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bill that was commensurate with the grant date contractual term.

Market Share Units (“MSUs”)

We previously granted MSUs but, at December 31, 2019, there were no remaining outstanding MSUs.

Options

In 2018 and 2017, we granted performance-based stock options to select senior executives. These performance-based awards have a service condition as well as a market condition. We measure the fair value of these awards at the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation model. No performance-based options were granted in 2019.

In 2019 and 2017, we granted time-based vesting stock options to select senior executives. We measure the fair value of these awards at the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model.

When vested, options entitle the holder to purchase a specified number of shares of Brink’s stock at a price set at the date the options were granted.  The option price for Brink’s options was equal to the market price of Brink’s stock on the award date.  All options granted to employees have a maximum term of six years.

Performance-Based Option Activity

The table below summarizes the activity associated with grants of performance-based options:

	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted- Average Exercise Price Per Share		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value(a) (in millions)
Outstanding at December 31, 2018	1,287.0		$	49.18	$	10.88
Granted	—		—		—
Forfeited or expired	—		—		—
Exercised(b)	(95.9	)	32.69		44.74
Outstanding at December 31, 2019(b)(c)	1,191.1		$	50.51	$	11.52	3.1	$	47.8
Of the above, as of December 31, 2019:
Exercisable	485.0		$	29.87			2.5	$	29.5
Expected to vest in future periods(d)	690.9		$	64.90			3.6	$	17.8

(a) The intrinsic value of a stock option is the difference between the market price of the shares underlying the option and the exercise price of the option.  The market price at December 31, 2019 was $90.68.

(b) Certain performance-based stock options were modified in the second quarter of 2019. The weighted-average grant date fair value per share for the options exercised in 2019 and for the outstanding options December 31, 2019 reflects the inclusion of the modified fair value per share.

(c) There were no exercisable performance-based options at December 31, 2018 or at December 31, 2017.

(d) The number of options expected to vest takes into account an estimate of expected forfeitures. We currently have applied a 0% expected forfeiture rate to the majority of the performance-based options.

The following table provides the term of the performance period and the weighted-average assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation model for the performance-based options granted in 2018 and 2017:

Terms and Assumptions Used to Estimate Grant Date Fair Value of Performance-Based Options Granted	2018			2017
Terms of awards:
Performance period for achieving stock price hurdles	Three years from			Three years from
	grant date			grant date
Assumptions used to estimate fair value:
Expected dividend yield(a)	0.8		%	0.8		%
Expected stock price volatility(b)	29.3		%	29.3		%
Risk-free interest rate(c)	2.6		%	1.8		%
Expected term in years(d)	4.5			4.5
Weighted-average fair value estimates at grant date:
In millions	$	7.0		$	3.6
Fair value per share	$	16.73		$	11.97

(a) Since the holders of the awards have no rights to any dividend paid during the vesting period, we applied a dividend yield in the Monte Carlo simulation model. At each grant date, the dividend yield was calculated based on the most recent annualized dividend payment and Brink's stock price at the date of grant.

(b) The expected stock price volatility was calculated on each grant date for the most recent 4.5 year term.

(c) The risk-free interest rate on each grant date is the rate for a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bill that was commensurate with the expected life of 4.5 years.

(d) Because we did not have historical exercise behavior for instruments with premiums, we assumed that the exercise of vested options occurred at the mid-point between the three-year vesting date and the six-year contractual term. In the Monte Carlo simulation, at each iteration of forecasted Brink's stock prices, the option was assumed to be exercised at the mid-point of 4.5 years if the stock price hurdle had been achieved. When the hurdle is achieved, the exercise price was then subtracted from the projected stock price, and discounted back to the grant date. In situations where the projected price had not met the hurdle, no value was attributed.

Time-based Vesting Option Activity

The table below summarizes the activity associated with grants of time-based vesting options:

	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted- Average Exercise Price Per Share		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value(a) (in millions)
Outstanding at December 31, 2018	2.7		$	84.65	$	21.09
Granted	138.7		79.21		21.58
Forfeited or expired	(14.4	)	79.26		21.60
Outstanding at December 31, 2019(b)	127.0		$	79.32	$	21.56	5.1	$	1.4
Of the above, as of December 31, 2019:
Exercisable	—		$	—			—	$	—
Expected to vest in future periods(c)	125.5		$	79.32			5.1	$	1.4

(a) The intrinsic value of a stock option is the difference between the market price of the shares underlying the option and the exercise price of the option.  The market price at December 31, 2019 was $90.68.

(b) There were no shares of exercisable options at December 31, 2018 and less than 0.1 million shares of exercisable options with a weighted-average exercise price of $22.57 per share at December 31, 2017.

(c) The number of options expected to vest takes into account an estimate of expected forfeitures. We currently have applied a 0% expected forfeiture rate to the majority of the time-based vesting options.

The following table provides the weighted-average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model for the time-based vesting options granted in 2019 and 2017:

Assumptions Used to Estimate Grant Date Fair Value of Time-Based Options	2019			2017
Assumptions used to estimate fair value:
Expected dividend yield(a)	0.8		%	0.7		%
Expected stock price volatility(b)	30.3		%	28.9		%
Risk-free interest rate(c)	2.5		%	1.7		%
Expected term in years(d)	4.5			4.5
Weighted-average fair value estimates at grant date:
In millions	$	3.0		$	0.1
Fair value per share	$	21.58		$	21.09

(a) The expected dividend yield is the calculated annual yield on Brink's stock at the time of the grant.

(b) The expected stock price volatility was calculated at time of the grant after reviewing the historic volatility of our stock using daily close prices.

(c) The risk-free interest rate at each grant date was the rate for a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bill that was commensurate with the expected life of 4.5 years.

(d) The expected term of the options was based on historical exercise, expiration and post-cancellation behavior.

Deferred Stock Units (“DSUs”)

We granted DSUs to our nonemployee directors in 2019 and in prior years. We measure the fair value of DSUs at the grant date, based on the price of Brink's stock, and, if applicable, adjusted for a discount for dividends not received or accrued during the vesting period.

DSUs granted after 2014 will be paid out in shares of Brink's stock on the first anniversary of the grant date, provided that the director has not elected to defer the distribution of shares until a later date. DSUs granted prior to 2015, in general, will be paid out in shares of stock following separation from service.

The following table summarizes all DSU activity during 2019:

	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2018	12.5		$	74.43
Activity from January 1 to December 31, 2019:
Granted	12.1		79.69
Vested	(12.5	)	74.43
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2019	12.1		$	76.69

The weighted-average grant-date fair value estimate per share for DSUs granted was $79.69 in 2019, $74.43 in 2018 and $60.80 in 2017.

Other Share-Based Compensation

We have a deferred compensation plan that allows participants to defer a portion of their compensation into stock units.  Units will be redeemed by employees for an equal number of shares of Brink’s stock.  Employee accounts held 198,198 units at December 31, 2019, and 170,672 units at December 31, 2018.

We have a stock accumulation plan for our non-employee directors that, prior to 2014, provided for awards of stock units. Additionally, some fees paid to our directors are in the form of stock and may be deferred for distribution to a later date. Directors’ accounts held 19,951 units at December 31, 2019, and 18,159 units at December 31, 2018.